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Comment by kens

1 day ago

The Mitra 125 had memory segmentation. It seems similar to the 8086, with descriptors that specified base address and length for a segment. Accessing memory outside a segment caused a trap.

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atq2119  20 hours ago

That sounds more like the 80286/80386.

  • kens  19 hours ago

    You're right; I should have said x86-style.

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